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As parents ourselves, we can understand the emotions and
the questions you may have being a parent of a child who
has lost an eye or was born with an eye condition requiring
a prosthesis. This page is designed to provide you
with specific answers regarding pediatric ocular prosthetic
issues. Joyce,
our resident Pediatric Ocularist, has the most professional
experience (over 25 years) in fabricating and fitting ocular
prostheses for infants and children. However, since
this is a team effort, Eric
and Kurt
add their expertise with the procedure by participating in
the preliminary impression mould taking in the laboratory
or at the hospital out-patient facilities, and contribute
with the iris color duplication.
 The
following are issues unique to pediatric ocular prostheses,
please spend a few moments to review the information which
is important to your child's condition. In addition,
we have obtained permission to reprint Hints
for Parents as published in the VIP Newsletter from
Blind
Children's Fund. You may also find My
Fake Eye - The Story of My Prosthesis a valuable
pictorial book for talking to your youngster about his or
her condition. It is published by the Institute for
Families of Blind Children and is available from their web
site.
Some Commonly Asked Questions:
A complete list of all frequently asked questions about ocular
prostheses may be found in our FAQ
index. As always, if you need a specific questions
answered, please ask
Joyce or any of our
staff ocularists.
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